I guess they thought he is used to being spit upon. What a pathetic excuse for a Senator Lott is. He is also closely linked to every vermin millionaire trial lawyer in the South, like a bad character in a John Grishem novel.
In this case, it would be best to let "others" expose the 'demothugs' for the vile, classless, disgusting people that they are.
If he were to come out and denounce it, kneejerkers would automatically come to the defence of the dems, just because he, Lott, was "attacking".